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Commander / EDH Devotion Mono-Black

Draw_Wurm

Creature (16)

• 1x Bloodgift Demon
• 1x Bone Shredder
• 1x Dread
• 1x Erebos, God of the Dead
• 1x Fleshbag Marauder
• 1x Gray Merchant of Asphodel
• 1x Havoc Demon
• 1x Hex Parasite
• 1x Karn, Silver Golem
• 1x Kokusho, the Evening Star
• 1x Massacre Wurm
• 1x Merciless Executioner
• 1x Phyrexian Obliterator
• 1x Rune-Scarred Demon
• 1x Shriekmaw
• 1x Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Planeswalker (3)

• 1x Liliana Vess
• 1x Ob Nixilis Reignited
• 1x Sorin Markov

Land (36)

• 1x Arcane Lighthouse
• 1x Bojuka Bog
• 1x Cabal Coffers
• 1x Maze of Ith
• 1x Mystifying Maze
• 1x Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
• 1x Shizo, Death's Storehouse
• 24x Snow-Covered Swamp
• 1x Thawing Glaciers
• 1x Tower of the Magistrate
• 1x Urborg
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
• 1x Volrath's Stronghold

Enchantment (11)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Bloodchief Ascension
• 1x Dauthi Embrace
• 1x Infernal Darkness
• 1x Lethal Vapors
• 1x Necropotence
• 1x No Mercy
• 1x Phyrexian Arena
• 1x Polluted Bonds
• 1x Spreading Plague
• 1x Wound Reflection

Artifact (10)

• 1x Arena of the Ancients
• 1x Cauldron of Souls
• 1x Charcoal Diamond
• 1x Crawlspace
• 1x Darksteel Ingot
• 1x Expedition Map
• 1x Extraplanar Lens
• 1x Jet Medallion
• 1x Mind Stone
• 1x Sol Ring

Instant (8)

• 1x Devour in Shadow
• 1x Malicious Affliction
• 1x Moonlight Bargain
• 1x Scour from Existence
• 1x Slaughter
• 1x Snuff Out
• 1x Touch of Darkness
• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Sorcery (15)

• 1x All is Dust
• 1x Ashes to Ashes
• 1x Beacon of Unrest
• 1x Cannibalize
• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Do or Die
• 1x Exsanguinate
• 1x Profane Command
• 1x Read the Bones
• 1x Reanimate
• 1x Rise of the Dark Realms
• 1x Sadistic Sacrament
• 1x Syphon Mind
• 1x Temporal Extortion
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Commander (1)

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Creature (12)

• 1x Demon of Dark Schemes
• 1x Endbringer
• 1x Faceless Butcher
• 1x Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• 1x Mogis's Marauder
• 1x Nefarox, Overlord of Grixis
• 1x Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
• 1x Overseer of the Damned
• 1x Phylactery Lich
• 1x Reiver Demon
• 1x Shambling Swarm
• 1x Void Winnower

Planeswalker (1)

• 1x Karn Liberated

Land (1)

• 1x Reliquary Tower

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Death Pits of Rath
• 1x Phyrexian Reclamation
• 1x Tainted AEther

Artifact (8)

• 1x Caged Sun
• 1x Fellwar Stone
• 1x Mana Vault
• 1x Meekstone
• 1x Nevinyrral's Disk
• 1x Power Matrix
• 1x Spine of Ish Sah
• 1x Unstable Obelisk

Instant (2)

• 1x Contagion
• 1x Sudden Spoiling

Sorcery (11)

• 1x Ambition's Cost
• 1x Ancient Craving
• 1x Decree of Pain
• 1x Head Games
• 1x In Garruk's Wake
• 1x Increasing Ambition
• 1x Innocent Blood
• 1x Mutilate
• 1x Nightmare Incursion
• 1x Pain's Reward
• 1x Syphon Soul

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"Friends make the worst enemies". Exploring the idea of a 'political' mono black deck. Granting and removing favour while pursuing its own agenda.

Runs political cards like Do or Die and Temporal Extortion alongside a mono control creature suite and steal effects like Reanimate.

Horobi sits in the command zone, with the potential to be played like a sorcery, disrupting Voltron and counter decks.

Brewing at the moment so all feedback welcome!!

Horobi, Death's Wail: Relatively cheap cmc and decent body. Shuts down Voltron and counters decks and makes opponents creatures exceptionally more fragile.

Grave Pact\Dictate of Erebos:when a creature we control dies, the whole group has to sacrifice a creature. Synergises nicely with Shriekmaw, Bone Shredder.

No Mercy: Dread without a body. Strongly discourages people swinging for us.

Phyrexian Arena \Necropotence: card draw engines

Dauthi Embrace : without Horobi, a political card or a creature enabler. With Horobi, repeatable , Murder .

Lethal Vapors\Spreading Plague: we don't mind if our creatures die. Political cards

Wound Reflection: once it's in play, potential game ender

Polluted Bonds: lifegain and damage

Ambition's Cost\Ancient Craving. People suggested these as better card draw over Night's Whisper\Sign in Blood\Read the Bones which I was originally running.

Demonic Tutor\Vampiric Tutor\Liliana Vess: tutors

Beacon of Unrest\Reanimate: steal opponents creatures, bring back our own.

In Garruk's Wake: hits planeswalkers we don't control as well as creatures.

Toxic Deluge: life is something we are happy to pay.

Mutilate: cheap effect for mono

Exsanguinate : life gain that hits all opponents fuelled by our hefty mana production.

Do or Die: politics and removal. Can combo with Karn, Silver Golem if we make their artifacts creatures.

Cannibalize : flavour to die for. Without Horobi exiles so useful against graveyard decks or creatures with recursion. With Horobi out it's 2 x Murder .

Head Games . Shuts down combo decks.

Syphon Mind: value in multi-player.

Contagion : With Horobi, -1 life and exile a card to Murder 2x creatures.

Slaughter : 4 life is cheap recursion for a Doom Blade . Only hits non-black.

Tendrils of Corruption : swamps matter + lifegain.

Malicious Affliction : Doom Blade with the potential to hit two targets.

Snuff Out: a Doom Blade we can pay for with life

Devour in Shadow : kills anything. For life.

Moonlight Bargain: card draw and filtering.

Temporal Extortion : who's going to pay it? Nice political effect with upside.

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief . On her own an evasive, mana sink beater with a targeted effect. With Horobi a Murder .

Dread: no mercy on a body. Can be shuffled back into the deck for tutoring

Erebos, God of the Dead: shuts down lifegain and offers card draw on a potentially indestructible body. Devotion not an issue with the number of enchantments we're running.

Fleshbag Marauder\ Merciless Executioner : universal sac effects in Orc and Zombie flavours.

Gray Merchant of Asphodel: loves devotion. Lifegain swings.

Havoc Demon\Reiver Demon: wraths on sticks

Karn, Silver Golem: black can't deal with artifacts? Make them creatures.

Kokusho, the Evening Star: massive life swings.

Massacre Wurm: ETB token wrath and then abuses sac effects.

Mogis's Marauder : At worst a chump body to trigger Grave Pact that gives any creatures we have intimidate and haste. At best, with Horobi out a wrath equal to our devotion.

Shambling Swarm . Without Horobi it's got the potential to hose 3 x tokens or a single 3:3. With Horobi in play its 3 x Murder .

Shriekmaw\Bone Shredder: doom blades on sticks.

Withered Wretch: devotional graveyard hater. Particularly for mono mirrors.

Liliana of the Dark Realms: helps swamps matter. Potential Murder effect off Horobi.

Top Ranked	Achieved #1 position overall 8 years ago
Date added	8 years
Last updated	3 years
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	11 - 0 Mythic Rares 36 - 0 Rares 22 - 0 Uncommons 6 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.84
Tokens	Emblem Ob Nixilis Reignited
Folders	Mono black cool things, EDH, Mono Black, Potential decks, decks, Want, Cool Decks, EDH Fun, Commander / EDH, EDH
Based on	Fright Night Magic Draw_Wurm EDH